IDC Announces Q2 Worldwide Server Virtualization License Shipments

Hyper-V market share

Amit Pawar - Infrastructure blog — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:49:55 GMT

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SuperSite Blog — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:20:11 GMT

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Windows Virtualization Team Blog — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:56:58 GMT

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mikedatl — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:42:03 GMT

It's not all good news, guys. This report is flawed in many ways.

Here's the main points you need to know about this report from IDC:

1) This was a small sampling using just the OEM's numbers.

2) How do you count unit shipments for free products not delivered by the OEMs?

3) Microsoft only went up 5% from the previous measure.

4) VMware also went up 2% from the previous measure.

5) Hyper-V was only shipping for 2 business days in Q2 2008. There was no Hyper-V impact to these marketshare numbers.

6) VMware still commands a huge lead in actual product use.

7) There are real factual errors throughout the report.

8) This was a sponsored report with no input on revenue, shipment details, or feedback from VMware.

infoworld.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:05:32 GMT

Bolstered by the June launch of its Hyper-V virtualization software , Microsoft grabbed nearly a quarter